Sir Mustapha
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Posted: Oct. 06 2010, 15:57 |
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Quote (wiga @ Oct. 05 2010, 14:21) | When I talk about 'meanings' I'm talking about what Mike is conveying or expressing in the music, and in the main it IS, - "feelings, moods, sensations, emotions and whatever else" - as you say. |
A mood, or a feeling, doesn't necessarily mean anything. "Sadness", as a feeling, has no meaning; a sad song, in itself, is meaningless. It expresses something, but it says nothing. Does music always need to say something? I believe sometimes nothing needs to be said at all. Santa Maria says nothing, because there's nothing to be said. The imagery is there: it's a snapshot of a moment, a photography of an important historical landmark. That is the purpose.
The Millennium Bell never intended to be a statement on anything. It is a celebration. There is no commentary going on. Of course, it's often hard for us to distance ourselves enough not to see our own biases and beliefs reflected on the music, so we see things that aren't there at all. And that's the danger: aren't we attributing to the artist something that is actually ours? So...
Quote | With "Santa Maria" all is not as it first seems to me, and there are contradictions in the mood - something doesn't add up. |
Well, the whole album always sounded extremely straightforward in its intentions to me. I don't sense any ambiguities in it.
Quote | Btw, if Mike is a guy who is capable of feeling and expressing his full range of emotions, I don't get how he is "absolutely shallow"? |
As I said, "emotions" don't mean anything without a cause, a reason.
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